Beahm, George
Entry updated 25 March 2024. Tagged: Author, Critic.
(1953- ) US author and photographer who began to publish nonfiction of genre interest with Vaughn Bodē Index (1976 chap) as George W Beahm with Vaughn Bodē, followed by Kirk's Works: An Index of the Art of Tim Kirk (1980) with Tim Kirk. He moved to literary studies with The Stephen King Companion (1989); several further books on Stephen King followed [see Checklist below], as well as examinations of Anne Rice in The Anne Rice Companion (1995; vt The Unauthorized Anne Rice Companion 1996), Philip Pullman in Discovering the Golden Compass: A Guide to Philip Pullman's Dark Materials (2007) and others. Also of direct sf interest for its Star Wars franchise connections is The Military Science of Star Wars (2018). [DRL]
George William Beahm
born USA: 1953
works (selected)
nonfiction
- Vaughn Bodē Index (place not known: C W Brooks Jr, 1976) as George W Beahm with Vaughn Bodē [nonfiction: chap: pb/]
- Kirk's Works: An Index of the Art of Tim Kirk (place not known: Heresy Press, 1980) with Tim Kirk [nonfiction: hb/]
- The Stephen King Companion (Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel, 1989) [nonfiction: biography: Stephen King: hb/]
- The Stephen King Story: A Literary Profile (Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel, 1991) [nonfiction: biography: Stephen King: hb/Kenny Ray Linkous]
- The Stephen King Story (London: Little, Brown UK, 1993) [nonfiction: biography: vt of the above: Stephen King: hb/Kenny Ray Linkous]
- The Anne Rice Companion (Williamsburg, Virginia: GB Ink, 1995) [nonfiction: Anne Rice: hb/]
- The Unauthorized Anne Rice Companion (Kansas City, Kansas: Andrews McMeel, 1996) [nonfiction: vt of the above: Anne Rice: hb/photographic]
- Stephen King from A to Z: An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work (Kansas City, Kansas: Andrews McMeel, 1998) [nonfiction: Stephen King: pb/]
- Stephen King: America's Best-Loved Boogeyman (Kansas City, Kansas: Andrews McMeel, 1998) [nonfiction: Stephen King: pb/]
- Stephen King Country (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press, 1999) [nonfiction: Stephen King: hb/George Beahm]
- Muggles and Magic: J. K. Rowling and the Harry Potter Phenomenon (Charlottesville, Virginia: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2004) [nonfiction: pb/]
- Discovering the Golden Compass: A Guide to Philip Pullman's Dark Materials (Charlottesville, Virginia: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2007) [nonfiction: Philip Pullman: pb/]
- Indiana Jones Off the Beaten Path: An Unofficial Expedition (Charlottesville, Virginia: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2007) [nonfiction: illus/Tim Kirk: pb/]
- Bedazzled: A Book About Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight Phenomenon (Nevada City, California: Underwood Books, 2009) [nonfiction: pb/]
- Bedazzled: Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight Phenomenon (London: JR Books, 2009) [nonfiction: vt of the above: pb/]
- Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired by Stephen King (Lakewood, Colorado: Centipede Press, 2009) [graph: Stephen King: hb/Rob Wood]
- The Military Science of Star Wars (New York: Tor, 2018) [nonfiction: Star Wars: hb/]
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